महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-3, verse-27

अद्य सप्तदशाहानि वर्तमानस्य भारत ।
संग्रामस्यातिघोरस्य वध्यतां चाभितो युधि ॥२७॥

27. adya saptadaśāhāni vartamānasya bhārata ,
saṁgrāmasyātighorasya vadhyatāṁ cābhito yudhi.

27. adya saptadaśāhāni vartamānasya bhārata
saṃgrāmasya atighorasya vadhyatām ca abhitaḥ yudhi

27. bhārata adya atighorasya saṃgrāmasya vartamānasya
saptadaśāhāni ca yudhi abhitaḥ vadhyatām

27. O Bhārata, today marks the seventeenth day of this exceedingly fierce battle, and the slaughter continues on all sides in the war.

Words meanings summery:

• अद्य (adya) - today, now, at present

• सप्तदशाहानि (saptadaśāhāni) - seventeen days

• वर्तमानस्य (vartamānasya) - of the ongoing war (of the ongoing, of the present)

• भारत (bhārata) - O Dhritarashtra (the speaker, Sanjaya, is addressing him) (O descendant of Bharata)

• संग्रामस्य (saṁgrāmasya) - of the battle, of the war

• अतिघोरस्य (atighorasya) - of the exceedingly fierce battle (of the extremely terrible, of the very fierce)

• वध्यताम् (vadhyatām) - the ongoing slaughter (the slaughter, the killing)

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• अभितः (abhitaḥ) - all around, on all sides, everywhere

• युधि (yudhi) - in the battle, in the fight

Words meanings and morphology

अद्य (adya) - today, now, at present

(indeclinable)

सप्तदशाहानि (saptadaśāhāni) - seventeen days

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of saptadaśāhan

saptadaśāhan - seventeen days

Compound of saptadaśan (seventeen) and ahan (day).

Compound type : tatpurusha (saptadaśan+ahan)

• saptadaśan – seventeen
  numeral
• ahan – day
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used as accusative of duration here, implying 'for seventeen days'.

वर्तमानस्य (vartamānasya) - of the ongoing war (of the ongoing, of the present)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vartamāna

vartamāna - present, existing, ongoing, being

Present Middle Participle

Derived from the root vṛt (to be, to exist, to turn) in the present tense, middle voice. Formed with the suffix -māna.

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Agrees with saṃgrāmasya.

भारत (bhārata) - O Dhritarashtra (the speaker, Sanjaya, is addressing him) (O descendant of Bharata)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, relating to Bharata, a king

Derived from Bharata with the suffix -a.

संग्रामस्य (saṁgrāmasya) - of the battle, of the war

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of saṃgrāma

saṁgrāma - battle, war, combat, conflict

Derived from the root gram (to go) with the prefix sam (together, completely).

Prefix: sam

Root: gram (class 1)

अतिघोरस्य (atighorasya) - of the exceedingly fierce battle (of the extremely terrible, of the very fierce)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of atighora

atighora - extremely terrible, very fierce, dreadful, awful

Compound type : karmadhāraya (ati+ghora)

• ati – very, excessively, beyond, exceedingly
  indeclinable
• ghora – terrible, dreadful, fierce, frightful
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Agrees with saṃgrāmasya.

वध्यताम् (vadhyatām) - the ongoing slaughter (the slaughter, the killing)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vadhyatā

vadhyatā - the state of being slain, slaughter, killing

Derived from vadha (killing) + suffix -tā (abstract feminine noun).

Note: Can also be a passive imperative 'let him be killed', but context here suggests an abstract noun 'the slaughter'.

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

अभितः (abhitaḥ) - all around, on all sides, everywhere

(indeclinable)

युधि (yudhi) - in the battle, in the fight

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of yudh

yudh - battle, fight, war, combat

Root: yudh (class 4)